When you develop
your goals and objectives for all areas of your life, it’s normal to start with
the desired result, then work your way backward, creating the steps of
achievement. Each step that you complete is a milestone. The advantage of
setting small goals or milestones is that they show your progress toward
your larger goals. When you know you’re progressing, it motivates you to
continue reaching for your larger goals.
Simple Goals
When you set long-term
and short-term goals, part of the process of goal setting includes action
planning. It can be hard to understand how you’ll achieve a big goal without
understanding the smaller simple steps necessary to achieve it.
If you want to lose
weight, that larger goal will feel overwhelming, and you may give up because it
will take a long time. However, if you instead focus on easier, simple goals
like eating more vegetables, drinking more water, and eating less sugar, starting
with that small goal will seem simple and feel good when you achieve it.
Satisfying Goals
It feels good to
finish and achieve something. However, if all your goals take more than a day
to accomplish, you will not have very much satisfaction in your life because
you’re always waiting for when you finish a goal instead of reveling in the
journey. But if you set a small goal to get through today drinking your one
hundred ounces of water just for today, you’ll feel much more satisfied
sticking to your plans.
Clarifying Goals
Even when you work
hard to set goals using all of the tools at your disposal, sometimes the big
hairy goal at the end seems fuzzy. But when you look at your accomplishments on
a spreadsheet as you go checking your progress and celebrating the small goals
you’ve set for each day, it can clarify that what you want is truly achievable
and that you’re doing the right thing because you can see the progress.
Confidence Building
When you check off
something on your to-do list, even if it’s a task that won’t show results for
another year, it will still feel good. It will also build your confidence and
self-image. By enjoying the little milestones, you let go of the all-or-nothing
approach that can deter even the most relentless goal-setter.
Motivating
When you set small
milestones for each larger goal, it feels so motivating to mark off each of the
mini milestones from your to-do list. You can see your progress and know that your actions will achieve the desired results. When you see it, you will
keep going.
Develop Positive Habits
One of the ways to
ensure success in life is to build healthy habits around all the actions needed
to achieve your goals. When you set mini-milestones, it gives you a heads up
when something is going wrong so you can correct it. Then, when you have success,
the positive habit will be fixed in your life.
Enjoy More Success
People who
understand the entire goal-setting process, including setting up action steps
to do the tasks that get to the desired results, are the people who finish and
achieve success. So, if you want to be an achiever, milestones may help
you do it.
Milestones help you to check your progress so that you know you’re on track for the
bigger goals you’ve set for your life. For example, suppose you desire to save
4.5 million dollars to retire early. You can choose to invest a certain amount every month so that at the end of the year, you would have invested your milestone amount. In that case, it will help you stay on
track if you can visually see the impact your choices make and show you that
your actions are achieving the results you wanted.
Nothing is more motivating
than success. Giving your mind hits of success every day through setting mini
milestones is the easiest way to get more motivation.
Read : How To Create Good Habits To Achieve Your Goals
